

| Subject: | Re: Vanagon.com site |
| From: | Peter Cassidy |
| Date: | Wed, 13 Dec 2000 01:38:34 +0000 |
>Here I have to enter the discussion. The message on the site states it. This >person did not do this for malicious intent. It was only to prove a point, >that this site is easy to crack. Look at everything done. It can be repaired >in an hour. Don't judge skill by how far you go. Judge it by the style it's >done in. Web sites in general are easy to get into, and easy to change. It is >actually the same principle as hacking a BBS system. You can get into a web >server, and change the source code for the site. It could be worse, they >could have put porno on the site. Well said, Paul. It strikes me as being a professional crack. There's none of that '1337 h@xor' stuff that script kiddies go on with. A polite message and minimal damage. Doesn't get much better ... learn and move on. Pete C OBVanagon. My water pump is making funny noises again and I just replaced it 15K ago. Grrr! -- Pete Cassidy, pcassidy@apple.com Cork, Ireland http://www.iol.ie/~pcassidy '88 Wolfsburg "Muriel", '71 Westy *not speaking for Apple*
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